Mark Mengers Email & Phone Number

Ignacio, Colorado, United States

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Oversee all construction, drilling, completion, facilitation, and well production operations for the Marietta Basin & other Trailhead operated assets including monitoring key performance indicator databases for company and partner operations. Establish budgetary control over all Trailhead operations, optimizing financial performance. Enforce safety.

Fort Worth, Texas

• Launched drilling program: negotiated and maintained all vendor/supplier contracts; safeguarded operational expenses; collaborated with geology team for wellbore placement, drilling procedures, and production; governed.
• Provided engineering support for OCC court hearings to ensure compliance with regulations.
• Problem-solved critical drilling and completion operational issues as superintendent.
• Coordinated with land team to negotiate and settle land damages with local landowners.
• Communicated with executive team and board members to elevate decision-making.
• Implemented drill program in the Marietta Basin, an extension of SCOOP Woodford, with~17,800' TVD / ~28,000 MD average wellbore depths.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Owned all aspects of frac and workover operations to achieve maximum production from 150 wells while partnering with pumpers to maintain production levels.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Built and sustained Western Canada drill team after acquisition of Celtic Explorations. Managed directional drill programs according to all regulations while tracking KPI data. Implemented new technology and strategies.
• Developed and introduced new casing program unique to area that optimized completions and saved costs.
• Overcame drilling challenges by identifying and installing properly sized drilling rigs and pad sizes that improved safety and drilling efficiencies, and saved time and costs by increasing wellbore length.
• Slashed construction costs by CAD 750K average through use of AutoCAD and cross-functional collaboration.
• Proved efficacy of salt-based drilling fluids and managed pressure systems resulting in boosted drill rates and decreased costs.
• Introduced rotary steerable tools and underbalanced drilling operations.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

• Supervised six drilling rigs operating in Fayette and Woodford shales and two separate pre-spud rigs running in front of horizontal rigs. Controlled drilling operations in Western Arkansas and Northwest Oklahoma.
• Drove efforts to reduce environmental impact.
• Improved water and oil-based fluid drilling performance, reducing need for air drilling, and reducing costs.
• Introduced rotary steerable tools in both vertical and horizontal applications, cutting time and costs.
• Demonstrated expertise in air drilling applications.
• Introduced rotary steerable tools in both vertical and horizontal applications, cutting time and costs. Demonstrated expertise in air drilling applications.